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11 syllables each line

6 lines

short poem written on 22/06/2024

Line Gauthier sponsored

bite size poem 86th contest

 

Lovers in Jewish cemetery

I sent her a kiss on a piece of paper,
that is all I had from back of a wrapper,
she sent me in love a lock of her black hair,
with a note that read ‘this is all I can share”
we two jews died in the concentration camp,
our love still glows from the cemetery lamp.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Gauthier Avatar
August 13, 2024 at 7:46 AM
moving ~
Radhakrishna Avatar
August 13, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Thanks Line!:)
Miller Avatar
July 29, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Amazing, congratulations
Radhakrishna Avatar
August 13, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Thanks Terry!
mysore Avatar
July 29, 2024 at 1:08 AM
amazing. congratulations dear poet. happy writing.
Radhakrishna Avatar
August 1, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Thanks Thriveni!:)
Onclaud Avatar
June 23, 2024 at 6:58 PM
packed with deep sentiments, Krish...grreat pen!
Radhakrishna Avatar
June 23, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Thanks Nette! pleased you like it!
Dietrich Avatar
June 23, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Sad one. But we can never forget what they endured
Radhakrishna Avatar
June 23, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Thanks Andrea! Sad chapters in our history repeated and played by different people! We never seem to learn!
Jones Avatar
June 23, 2024 at 6:46 AM
So desperately sad and inspiring that love conquers all! Good luck in the contest.
Radhakrishna Avatar
June 23, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Thanks Karen! Many such stories have gone unnoticed.
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